Horrible Histories - The Napoleon Report with Bob Hale

[@Tamaki742]

"He made his first important, strategic move; being born." XD

[@AIRburst95]

"His plans fell short, not that he's short" If only we put these jokes in history books and I would have read them as a kid.

[@thejack-o-bonnieshow303]

😂😂

[@lifethroughcoraslenses36]

Such a good joke.

[@goodnight-moon564]

Įßłż Ÿßęœ • 158 years ago I love those books (and this show).

[@amyvsmith1989]

I was studying history at university when this was airing originally. We all used to rush home to watch it because we loved it so much!

[@jamiengo2343]

Christ you must have lived close by to rush home every time an episode came on 😂😂

[@amyvsmith1989]

@@jamiengo2343 yeah it was pretty close. And the lectures we had on the days it was on finished just in time to get back for it

[@cookoo4cocopuffs221]

Bob is probably a large reason this show won a comedy award. Also the 'Got his little pink panties thrashed off' did make me laugh

[@nejckra]

Bob is better than any teacher I ever had. Give this man a helicopter!

[@EmoNekoChan101]

"With the government bankrupt, if you can imagine such a thing...." LOL

[@katiem7463]

Sam's bewildered expressions at the end of every Bob Hale segment is the best part...

[@CaptainJackSparrowSavvy]

Beside the "and that's the end of that. OR SO WE THOUGHT!" And the "BUT NOT FOR LONG! " and any seen he mentions "Grandma Bob"

[@MasterOfTheChainsaw]

He didn't mention Napoleon's disastrous campaign in Russia, I thought that was a pretty decisive turning point in his reign?

[@antonytye3484]

Peninsular war didnt get a mention either, that went badly for him as well, in the end.

[@adamcronchey7264]

@@antonytye3484 That's because Bob's bosses at HHTV refuse to let him have his own 30 minute show, so he has to condense his research into three minutes. Probably wasn't time to mention them.

[@safakaduji343]

In the show this is from horrible histories they did a sketch about his russian campaign called le survival guide

[@asdkfjfjdk3366]

And thats the end of that. But not for long! Love that part!

[@Bwkjam]

They forgot his Epic fail in Russia, that defeat did more to crush him then Waterloo did.

[@marijnr6821]

It is horrible history after all

[@christianwise637]

What a fool! He fell victim to one of the classic blunders!

[@heathergarnham9555]

Getting involved in a land war in Asia or going up against a Sicilian when death was on the line?

[@christianwise637]

@@heathergarnham9555 The more famous of the two

[@doctor_gibbo1392]

Yes he certainly fell short in Russia, not that he's short or anything.

[@simplyellagant]

'and to reward himself, he builds a huge arch of triumph. can't remember what it's called.'

[@davidjl]

Uploader's comment: Yes, there may be some pro-British remarks here, but this is a British kid's show, what do you expect? By the way, I'm not even British or European.

[@TEHORANGEAVENGER]

Taille Bourg "Our country sucks, you should leave." That's a message you want kids to have.

[@SIStefanov]

There some very irritating cuts to black sporadically inserted in the video. They made my eyes twitch and hurt a bit.

[@personaronthegreat1399]

Lots of stuff in British Education Is very geared towards us winning. They always teach you about the stuff we win but never the stuff we lose, and makes that the British Empire was always doing amazing things. Like you learn about the Spanish Armada in 1588 but never the English Armada which failed just as much in 1589. Or you learn about the fact we had the biggest empire in the world, but not the fact that that we did “horrible things” to our colonies (most). I do wish we learnt about other European conflicts, but no it has to be all about Britain. Instead you have to do research yourself.

[@bladeslad8434]

@@personaronthegreat1399 doesn't that apply to most other countries though? history is written by the victors so you wont really hear about british, american and other countries bad sides

[@Brunjolf]

@@bladeslad8434 Well I don't want to speak for other countries but at least in France (which is a country at least as proud as the UK), we teach mostly about the french wars obviously, but both won and lost

[@TheLandOfTears]

Don't take my word for it, a while ago I heard from someone that his army officials were taller than him so he was the short guy amongst them.

[@davidjl]

Just to let you guys know, I DO read the comments, I do not want racism here, I do not want arguments.

[@dominusnostrum]

What about 1812? It's what's only the most important mistake he made which eventually cost him everything.

[@Thicite]

French inches and Anglo-American inches were different sizes, the French inch was larger, so in french inches he was 5ft 2, but in English inches he was 5 ft 6 or some numbers similar to that

[@baileyedwards4530]

And helicopters, though probably not the last one. Someone should get bob a helicopter.

[@e21big]

he didn't start another war, the world simply peace with him.

[@SFSylvester]

"With the Government bankrupt if you can imagine such a thing." Hahaha!!!!

[@Ekvitarius]

Horrible histories being more educational in 4 minutes than Ridley Scott could in 157

[@tenseman08]

Thank you Sam!

[@demo4914]

“And his little Soulja Boi”

[@simpsonmark]

I love the sidewards glance with the Tom Cruise reference.

[@snaker52]

I thought the screen was going black a bit, took me a while to realise I was blinking.

[@Maskedsinger-rc8fb]

This was my childhood show to watch my favourite part is the news

[@pabloneizion2592]

Emperor of France, King of Italy, & Sultan of Swing. XD

[@leonbanks5728]

Though not the last one.

[@MrnintendoSEGAfan1]

We want all reporters to be like Bob

[@ytcolton]

It was very brief, of course it missed a lot, it was only 4 minutes long.

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

Imagine him covering the Balkan Wars: "Hello, and welcome to the News at When. When? The 1990s, when the people of Southeastern Europe decided that they couldn't live with each other anymore and started to go their separate ways. Here to explain is Bob Hale, with the Yugoslavia Report." ... "So Lord Carrington comes up with this new plan called the, well, Carrington Plan, which will make all six republics independent. However, the Serbian President, Slobodan Milošević, doesn't want to dissolve Yugoslavia, so he refuses to sign. Guess he 'Slobodan' that idea!" ... "So by now, all that's left of Yugoslavia is the republics of Serbia and Montenegro, and that is the end of that. BUT NOT FOR LONG! Because in 2003 the country decides to change its name to, er, Serbia and Montenegro, and that is the end of that. BUT NOT FOR LONG! Because in 2006, Montenegro finally catches up with everyone else and decides that it now wants independence after all, so Serbia and Montenegro divides into... well, Serbia and Montenegro. And that really is the end of that. BUT NOT FOR LONG! Because just two years later, Kosovo declares independence from Serbia, only this time Serbia isn't quite so keen on losing yet more territory and refuses to recognise it, and that really, really is the end of that. OR IS IT? After all, this is the Balkans, where everyone hates each other, so who knows what will happen next? Back to you, Sam."

[@williamevans6277]

I LOVE BOB!

[@Auge2011]

they forgot to mention 1812 invasion of Russia.

[@denisemyers2982]

“Where he makes his strategical move; being born”

[@Miryr]

I won't bother starting a long debate. Nevertheless, I will say that the winter did play a significant role in Napoleon's defeat, heck one would argue that before the winter things were going swimmingly (the battle at Borodino might've been anticlimactic, but he held the field). Besides that, he almost didn't start a war. Almost every conflict he was in was started by another world power, heck he even inherited a few conflicts from the revolutionary wars in France and he was a brilliant general.

[@Bonapartess]

Very very cute and short, not that he was short, history.

[@rashkavar]

One thing I don't understand about the history of Napoleon is the praise he gets as a general. He was good at gunnery, and got really lucky a few times when it mattered. Some of his early defeats were because of major strategic blunders like charging an enemy retreating into a valley without scouting for ambushers on the surrounding hills. And then there's Russia - admittedly, he was largely doomed from the start, but he failed to recognize the danger when he could still withdraw.

[@JohnnyWolfblood]

I don't think Napoleon was short. I think that theory that humans are slowly getting bigger is true.

[@Irishbloke]

“Power crazed” in British empire

[@kellydalstok8900]

King Louis Napoleon of Holland was actually not a bad king. He risked his marriage because he didn’t want to leave. His wife took his son back to Paris while he stayed behind to rule. He actively helped the people during disasters and defended their interests. He even learned to speak Dutch, albeit with a heavy accent.

[@987jof]

here is something funny about Napoleon. When he returned to France from exile on the isle of Elba, Napoleon (and the 1000 Old Guard that had accompanied him) marched towards Paris. Along the way they came across many French regiments who had been sent to stop him. Upon seeing their old General and Emperor, the soldiers started cheering and joined him on his march. By the time he had reached Paris, he had thousands of men at his side and the Bourbon king had fled (what a surprise....)............

[@Belks1453]

Bob hale gang rise up

[@Miryr]

You just said that winter still played an enormous part in Napoleon's defeat.Yes, they did take their plunder with them, and it weighed them down but they were screwed either way. In either case, remember Moscow was burnt to the ground, so there wasn't all that much winter clothing as the depots were burnt down as well, on specific instructions of the mayor of the city I might add,.

[@646-48]

It's a birtish show, what did you expect? To be Pro-French?

[@guillaumelt32]

The funny part is that it's a short Napoleon report but actually the whole story of what the english had done in it.

[@theworldisgoingtodie]

most probably, as in yes he was pleased for blucher to enter the field and support would be needed from blucher.

[@Aerilmellon]

History seen by British is like the title : horrible... They don't forget to speak about Nelson and Wellington, but what about the campaign of Russia, the fact that Napoleon did not declare wars to others (except to Russia in 1812) but British did to him, the fact that Wellington lose Waterloo without Blücher's help ?

[@lippy88lizzy]

fair enough :) - I suppose it depends on where they get all their sources from.

[@iamkrazy19]

Throughout history it’s always been common sense to not fight the British in a naval battle, they’ll win, doesn’t matter if you bring your entire armada, just two ships can defeat you, quality over quantity.

[@mattsta159]

History is all about interpretations, you are going to get arguments... lots of them :P

[@InfiniteGatsu]

There go`s those Bonaparte boys

[@thefuturemrskaiba]

What is this man's obsession with helicopters?!

[@Lundarigirl]

So if Napoleon wasn't short, where did the tale that he was come form?

[@rmroberts98]

Lundarigirl I heard it was because he had significantly above average height bodyguards, but I’m not sure how accurate that is

[@987jof]

the best General Election ever would be between Bob Hail and Boris Johnson :D

[@colonyofrats4193]

Lmao the way this comment aged

[@noahkelly492]

Bob for Labour PM! He's better than Keir!

[@general2109]

It's weird being that 5'6" was probably the norm back then.

[@Punk1917]

yes it was

[@Destroyer83]

Actually, there were 6 coalitions before Napoleon was stopped the first time, the wars weren't started BY Napoleon, and he was only stopped after he invaded Russia...and admittedly....that was not his best strategic move, but frankly, given Napoleon, that was his only strategic move, believe me, he didn't like it either.

[@Aerilmellon]

"he started so many wars". Third Coalition : declared by Austria, Russia and Sweden, financed by UK, won by Napoleon. Fourth Coalition : declared by Russia, Prussia, UK and Sweden, won by Napoleon. Fifth Coalition : declared by Austria and UK, won by Napoleon. Sixth Coalition : declared and won by Austria, Russia, Prussia, UK, Portugal and Sweden. Seventh Coalition : declared by Austria, Prussia, UK, Russia, won mainly by UK and Prussia. I declared less wars than his enemies...

[@Brunjolf]

I know this comment is 7 year old but yeah, I get frustrated when people speak about Napoleon as the Hitler of his time when he basically defended France from all of Europe most of the time. The other countries just couldn't stand the country beheading their King and did everything to curb the Revolution's power.

[@trinityneal5018]

hey i got a flickering screen!

[@987jof]

........Before the king had fled, a supproter or L'Empereur, wrote graffiti on the side of the palace of Versailles that said "Dear Cousin, please stop sending soldiers to me as I have I have enough already".

[@MehmehMarv]

Oh, and I read that your comment on the Dutch was just because you were mad. The Netherlands have quite a magnificent history aswell, actually. Read up on it sometime! Also, funny fact: If you walk through the street of Amsterdam and actually find someone rolling around like a pig, high on weed, it's usually a British tourist ;)

[@mrsgorockmusic]

ah i see thank you :D

[@CMGThePerson]

Bob Hale might've kickstarted the Tom Cruise short jokes

[@Miryr]

It was customary for armies back then to stand up and fight, and besides the 600k men weren't in a single blob. There were multiple armies that had different duties. As for him getting to Moscow before winter, that much is true but the thing is that the Russians sort of burnt a good chunk of it down as part of their scorched earth policy,.RegardlessI will continue to blame the winter because it's one very important reason for his defeat as he didn't think he'd be along for so long without battle

[@fabulousmyriad267]

3:43 - This is a Larry meta comment. Why *does* he do these sketches standing up?😂

[@Uselesscringe]

That history reporter is on bathsalts!

[@ducheswannabe]

bob is obsessed with helicopters :-)

[@aroaceautisticsashajames1832]

Bob Hale: CEO of "BUT NOT FOR LONG!!!"

[@MrPancake777]

so true

[@KookDaMonster]

His first strategic move...being born LOL :)

[@heatherbowman9450]

if you love Horrible Histories hit da like and shout HELICOPTER🎉❤💜💙 2:55

[@islandinthesea]

However, I still quite like the Horrible Histories series despite whatever the creator of them may think. HH is still pretty informative as well as funny.

[@pledoux]

About Napoleon's defeat the vid was a bit unfair with Russia which was not mentioned.

[@islandinthesea]

Well yeah what do you expect? It's a British TV series so therefore, when they talk about history, of course its going to focus on Britain/England's victories and how it won certain battles and wars rather than concentrate on its defeats. And to be quite honest, if this was an American TV series you'd find exactly the same thing, same if it was a French series, there would still be this slight bias that people are complaining about.

[@JohnnyWolfblood]

Not saying Napoleon was a bad General. But Admiral Nelson deserves some fame if he was that much better.

[@ryanwebb3814]

Actually Napoleon was attacking people who threatened france, because of his rise to power.

[@XcXtrippyXcX]

actually this is inaccurate, napoleon didn't start wars, in particular the last one, Britain simply declared war on him upon hearing of his return

[@JohnnyWolfblood]

It wasn't a tie. Even where he died, his still won the battle.

[@TheMovieGuy100100]

Hold up! Those scales at the end are off! I know becuase A) An atom would be MUCH smaller than that compared to a dog and B) A London Bus is not that large compared to a Football Pitch!

[@colonyofrats4193]

Your an idiot

[@islandinthesea]

Hmm I didn't actually realise that before, well, I suppose I've never read any of his books that are solely about England, just about general history and that, but I suppose if he did write in his little book that we're all "sad", then that must include him! Haha, but yes, some left wing people are always quick to say that we have "nothing to be proud of" and that sort of riff-raff, nothing new there when really, I never pay much attention to things like that

[@ralsei66]

2:30 actually frederick augustus the former elector of saxony was the duke of the duchy of warsaw

[@mrsgorockmusic]

this is going to sound stupid but what are coalitions

[@CorleoneWDS]

Well it is a British show....and at this time in history, the British were the best..

[@NapoleonCalland]

That's because he didn't try to conquer Russia, that was Hitler's aim (lebensraum). The aim of the 1812 campaign, or Second Polish War, was to give the Russian army a good kicking and force the Tsar back into the alliance with France that Russia had signed in 1807. With the ultimate aim of forcing London to stop financing coalitions against France and her allies, and restoring peace to Europe as in 1802.

[@SpaltonTAG]

big brother? its little brother

[@pokemontrainerbee8538]

Defently no helicopters 🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁

[@pokemon4year12]

*But not for long!*

[@pbandj098]

Down with Napoleon

[@Aerilmellon]

There are no "if" or "would" in my sentence, that's a fact that Wellington was losing the battle before Blücher's arrival.

[@tyrannasaurasalan]

Who said that?

[@MegaCOYS]

it was then as there were lots of German states

[@lippy88lizzy]

Hey, give Bob a break :D

[@PLATIPROS]

It was the winter, and the fact that Russians burned their food which starved the French army.

[@simpsonmark]

I think you have replied to the wrong person.

[@SalocinLupo]

Well its not that it is obviously concentrating on british history rather than showing thing that just arent true. This video isnt as bad, but there are quite a few Horrible Histories that are just plain wrong. Dont ask me which ones but i recall some occasions where it actually spoiled the fun for me, unlike this one. Anyways as you already said, i might just be mistaking simplification for errors.

[@ImXs1p3r]

why do we roll on the floor? the smoking weed part is true :P

[@SantaFe19484]

You forgot to mention Napoleon's invasion of Russia.

[@pokemontrainerbee8538]

No helicopters

[@SalocinLupo]

He does have a point though. Horrible History always is terribly onesided if England or Britain are involved. Not that much of a surprise considering where its made...

[@islandinthesea]

True, I guess if you expect an American TV series to be biased, you're not going to be surprised if it is, (though personally I find the American Civil War very interesting, and Im British!) and if you don't expect that from a British TV show, you'll be surprised when you see something that is, (I'm assuming it's a good thing that you don't expect our TV programmes to be biased) however saying that, I don't understand how this is seen as biased, its simplified yes, but not exactly biased.

[@rashkavar]

Another of the myriad terms in politics for "alliance." There's a lot of variation in exactly what defines an alliance vs a coalition vs a confederacy vs a federation....*list goes on for a while,* but regardless, the point of them is all a group of independent powers teaming up to achieve something. Coalitions are generally military - teaming up with the guys you don't like to overpower the bigger guy you all hate more.

[@Mortalsbane]

OR SO WE THOUGHT!

[@bendu49100]

Nelson wasn't better than Napoleon. Napoleon was a General, Nelson an Admiral, they could never fight each other. Saying that Nelson won against Napoleon is like saying that Wellington won the Battle of Aboukir, this makes no sense. Nelson fought on sea, Napoleon did never fought on sea, french defeats ( or british victories if you prefer ) on sea are due to Admiral de Villeneuve. Btw, at St Helens, Napoleon said all he regrets is that he never found an equivalent to himself as Admiral.